2010 World Series of Poker

Event #2: $50,000 Poker Player's Championship
Day: 2
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q5
Prize
$1,559,046
Event Info
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$5,568,000
Entries
116
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
30,000

Lawson Crippled, Then Eliminated

John Juanda
John Juanda

Pot-Limit Omaha:

Pot-Limit Omaha continues to be the game that is making or breaking most of these players. John Juanda raised a PLO pot before the flop to 6,000. Ted Lawson, sitting behind Juanda, was the only caller.

Juanda furrowed his brow on a flop of {7-Spades} {q-Diamonds} {k-Clubs} before betting 13,000. Lawson quickly raised pot, to 54,000. The raise put Juanda in a tough spot.

"You have more than me, right?" said Juanda. It was very close. "Gamble or discipline," he said with a smile. Mike Matusow laughed.

After another minute of thought Juanda moved all in and Lawson quickly called.

"Three kings?" Juanda asked. But Lawson did not have three kings. He had a partial wrap draw with {a-Spades} {10-Clubs} {10-Diamonds} {j-Spades}. Juanda showed three queens, {q-Clubs} {q-Hearts} {9-Clubs} {4-Hearts}. The board blanked out {3-Diamonds} and {7-Hearts} to secure the pot for Juanda.

After counting down the stacks, Juanda doubled to 278,000, while Lawson was left with just 1,700 chips. Lawson tripled up on the next hand but couldn't hold on. When the game switched to triple draw he busted to Mike Matusow.

Tags: John JuandaTed Lawson